N. Korea rejects UN chief's call for inter-Korean dialogue after mine blast

North Korea has rejected U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' recent call for resuming inter-Korean dialogue to ease tensions following a September mine blast near the border. The blast, blamed on mines planted by North Korea, wounded three South Korean soldiers, two of them seriously. Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, made the rejection in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

She accused Guterres of being prejudiced and irresponsible, stating that he had taken a "prejudiced and irresponsible attitude" by echoing South Korea's "unilateral and provocative sophism."

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